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John Brown is free to shape his
pioneer model in the care of children, i.e., to be entirely responsive to the needs of emotionally disturbed children rather
than being responsive to the needs of the organization

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Reduced chain of authority led to
decentralization of program and its entire structure

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Area supervisors assigned to a number
of treatment houses in 1966 given geographical area

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Resource Bank : professional persons
to provide all technical skills needed by househeads and child care staff; thus each therapeutic family had available to them
knowledge, experience, judgment of psychiatrist,psychologist, child care staff, social workers, etcetera,available 24 hours
a day

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Each person in Resource Bank assumed
an ADVISORY capacity not an AUTHORITY position

1967 - Brown Camps Ltd. opened program in Windsor, PeelCounty and Scarborough opened with focus continuing
on community living and treatment homes located in the community

Expo '67 - all families organized together for visit to Expo

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"Warrendale" co-winner of Canadian
feature film prize at Montreal Film Festival

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"Warrendale" winner of Arts and
Experiments prize at Cannes Film Festival in France

Fall 1967 John Brown elected to Ontario Legislature

1968 - 1971 BROWN CAMPS RESIDENTIAL AND DAY SCHOOLS

1968 Brown Camps seemingly scored a first in Ontario legal history. An Appeal
was launched against a decision of a Juvenile Court Judge on the disposition of a child to Training school under Section 8
of the Training School Act

Rights of children everywhere to grow up in their own family and not be cut
off from the human community were affirmed in York County Court.

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ScarboroughMunicipality appealed to the Supreme Court
of Ontario and Brown Camps lost - split decision

May 31 1968 Charter applied for in 1966 was approved by the Department of Education to form Brown Camps Residential and Day Schools.

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A new residential and day school
program in Ontario evolved from former
Warrendale program and Brown Camps Limited

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Officially licensed with the Children's
Boarding Homes Act

Spring 1968 - 40 children in residential treatment in Saskatchewan

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40 children in residential treatment
in British
Columbia

July 1- Browndale officially established as a non-profit, charitable
organization with all the assets of Brown Camps in Ont.:

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a residential school for disturbed
children with facilities for camping, farm school, pioneering and urban family life

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Ran programs in B.C., Ontario, Saskatchewan and included some children
from different American States

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In Ontario, houses in PeelCounty, Bramalea and Scarborough

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Browndale accepted children placed
by both public and private child-caring agencies at a specified per diem rate

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Only way private individual could
obtain treatment for child was to have child become a ward of Children's Aid Society, consequently many parents were reluctant
to give up custody of their children and many did not receive the services they needed

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Saskatchewan program growing with more children, also offering
services to children from Manitoba, Alberta and State adjacent to
Saskatchewan

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British
Columbia
- more children in program developing their own unique camping styles

Summer 1968 - Involvement Magazine began publication

1970 - New programs grow out of Muskoka program : Midland, Barrie and Thunder Bay

Sep.21 - A proposal for treatment of seriously emotionally disturbed children
in their own homes or foster homes submitted by the Board of Browndale to the Provincial Government

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main function of Act to bring under
the Act, all organizations offering services to emotionally disturbed children, and thus standardize agencies and set up a
criteria for extending services to children

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Children could now be placed privately
with treatment organizations : the cost of treatment covered by the

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Government without the parent having
to give up the legal rights to the child

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Act also stipulated that only children
whose families were resident in Ontario could receive services from the accredited Ontario treatment
centres.

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Children from U.S. could no longer
live in residence in Browndale

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Browndale officially accredited
under the Act and so regarded as an acceptable agency